Guest Editorial: Why We Must Save Washington State's Film Incentive

by Megan Griffiths Filming Seattle in Lucky Them. Mongrel Media
Washington State's film incentive, which launched in 2007, is due to sunset this June. If it goes, thousands of jobs and tens of millions of dollars will go with it. It is essential to our creative culture and the state's economy that our legislators renew this program.
I have lived in Washington and worked in film for 17 years, spanning the time before and after the incentive, and I have witnessed how it has altered the landscape.